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Monday, November 14, 2005

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

God said, "Let there be LIPS."
And there were.
And the lips were big
And the lips were red
And the lips sang...

Michael Renney was ill the day the earth stood still and he told us where we stand (On our feet!)And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear. Claude Raines was the Invisible Man (Out of sight!)Then something went wrong for Faye Wray and King Kong they got caught in a cellular jam (Yay Jam!)And then a mystic race, It Came From (Where?) Outer Space and this is how the message ran Science fiction, double featureDoctor X has built a creatureSee androids fighting Brad and JanetAnne Frances stars in Forbidden PlanetOh oh oh oh ohAt the late night double feature picture show.
Yes...yes, my friends, it's true. I played Janet, I played Magenta, I played Columbia, and I played Frank. I did Frank very well, but I didn't really fit the costume...but you should have seen my "Sweet Transvestite", it was truly something to behold.

Ah, bright college days, eh? And do you know, 16 years later I can still recite the whole. flipping. movie.

12 comments:

Ah -- the days of toast. To be young, and in fishnet tights. I was never thin enough to play any of TRHS characters, but I did enjoy it. I worked in a movie theater in high school and early college, and I remember the midnight shows of TRHPS very vividly.

I added an audience line - after someone (Columbia?) zaps Frank, and Rocky growls and goes after her, I yelled, "You killed my father! Prepare to die!" Some friends who were frequent RHPS attendees said they would yell it in future showings. I wonder if it ever caught on?

Damn it, Janet, I mean Liz! You were supposed to be coy and make us pester you before you blogged about this. And where, o where, are the photographs? Surely your anonymity wouldn't be compromised in the Frank N. Furter outfit. And if photographs are not available, how's about more lurid details? If you can't embarass yourself on your blog, where can you?

I had a friend get sent home from school for coming in full Frankenfurter gear during Pep Week. Ah, those were the days indeed. RHPS was the very first CD I ever bought. Now, to tell you how cool my MOM is, her plan for Halloween this year is to rent an old movie theater in Washington State and show RHPS for all her friends and their kids. I will never be as cool as she is.